A couple nights ago, my fish, Eco, was dying. He had dropsy. The scales were raised and he would flop around the water and try to get air... And uhm... my family and I were out to eat... He had been sitting on a plastic flower when we left. When we came home, my mom and I checked and thought he was dead... He had fallen off the flower and was all twisted...

So we brought him to the bathroom to flush him... And apparently he was still breathing but barely. He could hardly move at all... And my mom and I agreed that flushing him would just put him out of his misery 'cause he just stared at me like "Let me die already."

And so we poured him in... yes he was barely alive... and flushed him... But I just read a human euthanasia thread... and it said that it's inhumane to do that and listed other ways that seemed just as horrible... so now I feel like crap and really bad about all this. I mean, he lived a decent life. He was about two years old...

I'm so sorry about Eco, I know just how you feel, I lost my girl Phoenix to dropsy the other day :(

No, there wasn't much you could have done to save him at that point.......though I would have simply put him in the cup he came in and floated him in his tank to keep him warm until he passed on his own(which is what I did with Phoenix). But your not a terrible person for doing what you did without knowing, I've did it before I knew how to properly go about euthanasia as well and I'm sure I'm not alone there.

So theres no need to feel bad, no one here will think any less of you, your not alone, and you know better now for future fish :)-hugs-